Justin+Olaguer+LMF+Analysis

//Learning Motivation and Fun//
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In this exercise, you'll collect data from our database of interviews about fun and learning. Use this template and the data to create 5 generalizations for what you observed. Your generalizations should answer the questions//
 * //What makes learning fun and engaging?//
 * //What are the implications for your own teaching and design work//

3) High school students almost universally reported that physical activity was an element in the experiences they called "fun".//** //Bill W, for example described learning beginning archery skills at boy scout camp. Sallie Forth recalled a social studies class in which "we recreated in chicken wire and paper mache the battlefield at Shiloh and spent several class periods reconstructing the events there." All together there were 24 experiences that took place during high school years and all but 1 included physical activity. In most cases (19 out of 24) these activities also required creative or critical thinking.//
 * //Example:

For example, Trevor described his “Panning for Gold” elementary school experience as an engaging and fun because it brought the students outside. The students were learning about the Gold Rush and one of the ways miner’s found gold through panning. Cathy also described her LMF as engaging because she had to learn a magic trick when she was a child in elementary school. The teacher performed the magic trick, which caught the student’s attention and engaged them to try it themselves after learning how to do it. Overall out of the 20 videos about 18 described their LMF as engaging and attention grabbing.
 * 1.) Learners typically described a learning experience as fun when the activity grabs the attention of learners and engages them.**

Christina, a personal trainer, described her learning experience as effective when she was at a conference learning about different exercises for the TRX bootcamp. She was able to observe a personal trainer perform the exercises and then tried it doing it herself. Observing the task first and then performing it helped Christina improve her exercise classes as well as her own technique. About 16 of the videos talked about observing someone perform the task and then learning from the example.
 * 2.) Most of the learners liked being taught something visually as an example and then physically trying it themselves for better practice.**

Minh Tam’s experience of learning elementary school PE was fun because her group was forced to compete and work together to form letter or number using their body. The instructor gave the groups directions and rules to the task which allowed more freedom of learning. The learner’s gained valuable experience of teaching elementary school PE because they were allowed to direct most of their learning.
 * 3.) Almost all the learner’s described their experience as fun when there was minimal direction from the instructor.**

Making the learner’s laugh was one of the reasons Holly Peters when she described her LMF experience. Holly’s instructor was able to teach the students how to read music by using off subject words like hotdog, hamburger and motorcycle. By straying away from teaching the traditional methods to reading music the instructor was able to make the students laugh and therefore hold their attention throughout the class. About 10 out of 20 videos described the instructor as someone who is funny or can easily make the class laugh.
 * 4.) Learner’s typically described an experience as fun if it the instructor attempted to make the class laugh by making the content fun.**

Lennon’s experience was to learn about a particular Civil war battle when he was studying on the east coast. The class actually went to the site where the battle was fought over a hundred years ago. Lennon enjoyed it because the learners were brought out of the class and to the actual site, which gave the students a different perspective to a historical experience. Only half of the videos reviewed did the learning take place outside of a traditional classroom setting.
 * 5.) Most of the learner’s enjoyed a learning experience if it was not held in a traditional classroom style setting.**